Improvement in lantern-guards



J. KINTZ.

Lantern Guard.

No. 104,857 Patented, June 28, 1870.

N. PETERS. PHOTD-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON c clean s ate JOSEPH KINTZ,wnsr. MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent No. 104,857, dated June 28, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN LANTERN-GUARDS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J OSEPH KINTZ, of West Meriden, in the county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Lanterns; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable thoseskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being bad to theaccoinpauying drawing forming part of this specification,

in which drawing- Figure 1 is a vertical section of my improved lantern.

Figure 2 is another vertical section of my improved lantern, taken atright angles to the section, fig. 1.

Figures 3 and 4 show parts of the ring 0 in top view, detached.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

My invention consists in continuing the vertical bars of a lantern-framebeyond the upper tube to which they are secured, so as to form armswhich lie in the tube.

It also consists in said tube formed with lugs which are engaged bysockets on the cap, whereby the cap and frame are readily engaged anddisengaged.

It further consists in the inclosing-guards for the horizontal wires,which entirely envelope said wires,

. and have ears formed with them, which serve to hold together the endsof the tube, and also support the vertical wires or bars.

It finally consists in the construction of the entire frame, as will behereinafter described.

The letter A designates the bottom of the lantern, or the part whichreceives the lamp.

From its upper edge extend vertical bars B, whose upper ends arecombined with the upper tube 0, which is perforated on its under side toreceive them within it, the ends of the several bars, after enteringsaid tube, being bent to a horizontal direction, and forming arms S,which rest in, and are iuclosed within the tube, whereby the latter isstiffened-and strengthened, and also connected with the lower part ofthe lantern, and the ends of the bars are confined in place in aneffectual and simple manner.

Two of the vertical bars B, on opposite sides of the lantern, are bentso as t6 form eyes, D, just before they reach the tube 0, to which eyesthe ends of the bail are connected.

The tube 0 consists of. sheet metal bent to the proper shape, so as toinolose the ends of the bars B, which are of such a length that thehorizontal part of each bar extends along in the tube 0 up to the nextbar in the series, or nearly so, whereby the tube 0 is stiffenedthroughout its whole course.

The outside edge of the tube 0 is provided with lugs E, two or more, bymeans of which the cap F is attached to the lantern, the bottom of thecap being provided with horizontal sockets G, whosei openings receivethe lugs E when the cap is brought down upon the tube 0, and turned inthe proper direction. The tube .0 constitutes the top of the guard orprotecting-frame of the lantern, the other parts of such frameconsisting of the vertical bars B, andthe horizontal guards H, whichwill be next described.

The guards H, of which there may be one or more, consist of sheet-metaltubes, incl'osing-wircs I, and having on their inner circumference ears,J, which are perforated, to allow the vertical bars B to pass throughthem.

The wires I strengthen the tubes H, and give them the requiredstiffness, so that they constitute efficient guards around the lampandits window or chimney iuclosed by it.

The guards H inclose the wires I with unbroken surfaces, and each pairof cars, J, come together, assisting to retain the guard on the wires,and supporting the vertical bars B, which pass through them.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- l. Thecombination with the tube 0, of the vertical bars B, entering said tube,and continued horizontally to form arms S, which lie in'the tube,substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The tube 0, constituting the top of the guardfra-me, and inclosingthe arms of bars B, and formed with lugs E, in combination with the capF, and its socket G, as and for the purpose described.

- 3. Theguards H, i'uclosing the horizontal wires I, and havingprojecting ears J, which are formed in pairs, for retaining the guards,and supporting the vertical bars B, as set forth.

4. The frame-work of a lantern, consistipg of the inolo sing-thbe G,vertical bars B, iuclosed arms S, in-

olosed wires I, inolosing-guard H, and ears J, sub stantially asdescribed.

This specification signed by me this 22d day of March, 1870.

JOSEPH KINTZ. lVitnesses:

W. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

